Steve Cherundolo and Hannover will hope to hold their momentum and push towards second place in Cologne while Edson Buddle and Ingolstadt will look to make it two in a row on their visit to FSV Frankfurt.

Steve Cherundolo and Hannover made a huge statement in easily taking down reigning champs Bayern with style while Timothy Chandler and Nürnberg blew past St. Pauli to push to the edge of European qualification.

Steve Cherundolo and Hannover face the biggest test to their attempt to reach the Champions League while David Yelldell and Duisburg will try to climb back into the promotion hunt against lowly Bielefeld.

FC Nürnberg youngster Timothy Chandler played the full 90 minutes on Saturday afternoon as the team jumped out to a first half lead, but were forced to hang on for a hard-fought draw thanks to a second-half charge from their hosts Schalke 04.

American left back Amaechi Igwe is putting the finishing touches on his long road to recovery from a knee injury as he played the first half for Ingolstadt in a friendly against the reserve team of Bayern Munich on Tuesday.